Investing.com – Turkey stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Non-Metal Mineral Products sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Istanbul, the BIST 100 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the BIST 100 were Karsan Otomotiv (IS:KARSN), which rose 11.34% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.080 at the close. Meanwhile, Galatasaray Sportif (IS:GSRAY) added 6.40% or 2.18 points to end at 36.24 and Ulker Biskuvi (IS:ULKER) was up 4.59% or 0.77 points to 17.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ipek Dogal Enerji (IS:IPEKE), which fell 9.24% or 0.220 points to trade at 2.160 at the close. Koza Madencilik (IS:KOZAA) declined 9.05% or 0.220 points to end at 2.210 and Ihlas Holding (IS:IHLAS) was down 6.45% or 0.020 points to 0.290.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Istanbul Stock Exchange by 213 to 119 and 75 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.75 to $1133.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.01% or 0.53 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.60 to trade at $55.06 a barrel.
USD/TRY was up 0.11% to 3.5128, while EUR/TRY rose 0.39% to 3.6749.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 102.94.